Yin Yoga TT Reading List

As yoga teachers, I believe it is essential that we continually investigate the ideas (and assumptions) that shape the way we teach. New findings may challenge what we think we know! It’s great to discuss movement with our yoga peers but it’s also important to consider what scientists are discovering in their labs, coaches are learning as they train athletes for peak performance, osteopaths and chiropractors uncover through hands-on work, and Ayurvedic healers and TCM practitioners learn through needling, acupressure, and herbs. Perspectives from different disciplines can change the way understand and teach movement and ensure that our teaching is grounded in both time-tested tradition and our continually evolving understanding of the human body/mind.

The links below include cutting edge research on our evolving understanding of the role of fascia, how mindful movement might change your brain, and breakthroughs in the science of pain.

Some of what I’ve included is really accessible and some is more technical. If you struggle to understand something, don’t worry! Read or listen and jot down questions that might arise.

You will not be pop-quizzed on this material (I promise!) but I will refer to it in discussing how I cue and sequence Yin Yoga postures. More importantly the scientists, therapists, and teachers featured here are asking provocative questions about why movement matters and how it heals.

Yours in Curiosity,

Yin TT Reading List

Module 1: Yin Fundamentals

Paul Grilley on What is Yin Yoga? and What is the relationship between Yin Yoga and fascia?

A short video on chronic, persistent pain by Pain Scientist Lorimer Moseley